Tag Archives: Judge Dennis W. Shedd

A state agency that regulates the practice of dentistry cannot overturn a Federal Trade Commission decision that the agency’s efforts to shut down teeth-whitening services performed by non-dentists constituted unfair competition that violated federal antitrust law; the 4th Circuit rejects ...

The 4th Circuit upholds a decision by South Carolina public school officials to prohibit a student from wearing Confederate flag shirts to school, as defendant school officials complied with U.S. Supreme Court requirements for regulating student speech. We conclude the ...

A defendant touted as a “legend” in the dogfighting community cannot overturn his 60-month sentence for violating the Animal Welfare Act; the 4th Circuit says the district court’s assumed error in calculating the sentencing range was harmless, as the court ...

A major credit reporting agency will not face a class action suit by Virginia residents with potentially inaccurate Virginia court judgments on their credit reports. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an order certifying a class in a ...

In a rapid volley of court actions, a Korean company fighting a $920 million judgment for theft of trade secrets was hit with a “devastating” 20-year ban on sales of its body armor product, and then promptly won a stay ...

Police responding to four quick 911 “domestic” calls relating to a couple they knew did not exceed defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights when, after arresting defendant and making a protective sweep to locate defendant’s 14-year-old autistic brother, they asked the brother ...

A defendant who separately met 13- and 17-year-old girls on the Internet and traveled to meet them and have sexual relations with them, including making a video of his sexual encounter with the 17-year-old, properly was prosecuted in Virginia for ...

An Alexandria federal judge was too quick to pull the trigger on a petroleum distributor’s suit to enforce a restrictive covenant meant to keep a service-station operator from selling a different brand of gasoline. The trial judge awarded summary judgment ...

Saying it has made the same point in three recent cases, the 4th Circuit reiterates that an officer needs reasonable suspicion that a passenger is armed and dangerous for an officer-safety pat down; a panel majority says defendant’s misrepresentation about ...

The 4th Circuit says a Catholic nursing-care facility is an exempt religious organization under Title VII that cannot be sued by a geriatric nursing assistant who alleged religious harassment after she refused to abandon her Church of the Brethren dress ...